Work & commute · Tabor

Work & commute in Tabor, IA

Most working residents leave Tabor for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (14%), Sidney (8%) and Council Bluffs (8%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 470 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 448 Tabor residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tabor.

448live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tabor goes to work

Omaha, NE32.2 mi away

14%68

Sidney10.4 mi away

8%39

Council Bluffs25.4 mi away

8%39

Glenwood10.9 mi away

7%31

Tabor (in town)right here

5%22

Shenandoah18.4 mi away

4%17

Nebraska City, NE18.1 mi away

4%17

Hamburg20 mi away

3%12

Des Moines117 mi away

2%11

Papillion, NE27.2 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%206

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Tabor commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

13%

36%

32%

19%

13%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tabor is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.40 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tabor are

190 jobs are based in Tabor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tabor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tabor

190 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Tabor residents hold

470 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−26%

Jobs based in Tabor, 2013 → 2023: 258 → 190. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.